New year celebrations at Sage Gateshead

Por Jane Shuttleworth, 19 enero 2019

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“muted brass enhanced the smoky, late-night atmosphere that Gillam created”

Crítica hecha desde The Glasshouse International Centre for Music: Sage One, Gateshead el 18 enero 2019

Debussy, Danses sacrée et profane

Milhaud, Scaramouche

Villa-Lobos, Fantasia for soprano saxophone and chamber orchestra

Debussy, Pour le piano: Sarabande

Stravinsky, Danses Concertantes

Dakin, Firework Spirals

Milhaud, Le Bœuf sur le toit (The Ox on the Roof), Op.58

Wallen, Fondant

Jess Gillam, Saxofón

Royal Northern Sinfonia

Jessica Cottis, Dirección

Patriotic angst with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Thomas Zehetmair

Nick Butters, 24th April

Patriotic Sibelius and early Mendelssohn are served up at the Glasshouse in Gateshead.

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A new light on Mendelssohn at the Glasshouse

Nick Butters, 6th March

Nil Venditti arrives like a small, joyful bomb at The Glasshouse and lights up a familiar Mendelssohn symphony with new insights.

****1

Sir Bryn Terfel charms Glasshouse audience in reimagined Schubert

Nick Butters, 21st November

Terfel’s charismatic account of Schubert songs orchestrated by a variety of composers, Sofia Gubaidulina’s meditation on his Impromtu and the composer’s own longest symphony make a varied and rewarding evening at The Glasshouse, Gateshead.

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Ticket to ride: thrilling, moving witty Berio at the Glasshouse

Nick Butters, 11th October

Sophia Burgos and members of Royal Northern Sinfonia charm, amuse and astonish in a selection of Luciano Berio’s works at the Glasshouse.

****1

Hymn of Praise: thrilling Mendelssohn at the Glasshouse

Nick Butters, 26th July

As the BBC Proms visits Gateshead, Dinis Sousa and the Royal Northern Sinfonia excel in Mendelssohn, although David Fray's Bach underwhelms.

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Fire and ice: Víkingur Ólafsson performs at the Glasshouse

Nick Butters, 6th February

A Finnish soundscape, fine detail in Bartók and deep understanding in Beethoven from the Royal Northern Sinfonia with Dinis Sousa and Víkingur Ólafsson.

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Jane Shuttleworth

Jane Shuttleworth is a choral singer and recorder player, and specialises in Renaissance, baroque and modern music. She lives in Durham and runs a local music listings, news and reviews site Music in Durham